Rod-hanger for window-shade.



No. 697,313. Patented Apr. 8, I902. 7 Li. H. BACON. ROD' HANGER FORWINDOW SHADES.

(Applicatiofi filed May 11, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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C. H. BACON.

BOD HANGER FOR WINDOW SHADES.

(Application filed May 11 1901.)

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

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ROD-HANGER FOR WINDOW/SHADES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 697,313, dated. April8, 1902.

Application filed May 11,1901. $erial No. 59.816- (No model.)

To (LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES HENRY BACON, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Danielson, in the county of Windham and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and Improved. Combined Rod-Hanger andClamp for WVindow-Shades, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved rod-hangerfor windowshades which is simple and durable in construction, arrangedto form a permanent part of a shade, and is easily placed and secured inposition on the Window-frame to support and hold the shadein properposition relatively to. the window and which hanger also serves as ahinder or clamp to hold the shadecloth wound up on the roller when thewin- (low-shade is in stock at a dealers store and forms therewith apermanently attached and complete article of manufacture.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improvement as applied to a window.Fig. 2 is an enlarged View of one end of the device. Fig. 3 is alikeView of the other end, and Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of therod-hanger and shade detached from the window, but permanently connectedtogether and forming a separate article of manufacture. L

The improved rod -hanger for windowshades consists of a rod A,supporting at its ends the hangers B B for the trunnions C C of a rollerD, carrying the shade-cloth E. The hangers B B are each made of apiece'of wire bent to form pendent loops for the trunnions C C, as willbe readily understood by reference to Figs. 2 and 3, and said loops areextensions from coils B firmly engaging the ends of the rod A, so as tohold the hangers securely in position on said rods without otherfastening devices.

The coils B have the natural elasticity of helical springs and, withtheir hangers, are simply turned by a rotary screwing movement on theends of the rod A, so that no cutting or fitting of the red A isrequired at the ends and no set-screws or other parts which are liableto become loose are employed. The spiral convolutions also give to theends of the rod the ornamental effect of terminal thimbles or caps. Themost important feature of this special form of helical-spring hanger androd, however, is that the convolutions of the coils B and the naturalspring of the same and of the roller-trunnion C are such as to make theentire length of the rod A to lie flat and parallel against thewindowshade when rolled up, as in Fig. 4, and thus clamp and hold itagainst becoming unrolled and soiled or torn when kept in stock in thestore, the rod A and helical-wire hangers being permanently attached tothe roller and shade and forming a part thereof as a unitary article inboth the manufacture and sale as well as in the use of the same.

In applying my invention to a window the rod A may be detachably securedthereto in any desired way. A very simple and inexpensive means consistsof screw eyes or hooks F, screwing into the window-frame G and receivingin their eyes or loops the rod A to support the latter, and consequentlythe window-shade, in proper position on the windowframe.

As is usual with spring-rollers of the Hartshorn type, one trunnion C isflattened and requires to be rigidly held against rotation. Theelongated and flattened loop B accomplishes this at one end, while theother loop allows the other trunnion to rotate freely. These conditionsare provided for in the most simple and inexpensive manner.

The device is very simple, cheap, and durable in construction, and as itforms a permanent fixture of the window-shade it is evident that thelatter can be quickly and conveniently attached to the window-frame inany desired position.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim, anddesire to secure byLetters Patent, is

1. A hanger-rod for window-shade rollers having at each end a hanger forthe rollertrunnion consisting of several helical cont/*0 lutions of wirebinding thereon by elastic constriction and forming at each end aterminal ornamental head, one end of the wire in each hanger beingextended and bent into a loop to receive the shade-roller trunnion,substan tially as and for the purpose described.

2. A new article of manufacture comprising a shade-roller with trunnionsand a shade wound upon the roller, and a hanger-rod extending parallelto the shade-roller and bear ing at each end a terminal coil consistingof convolutions of wire binding thereon by elastic constriction and alsoforming ornamental heads, one end of said wire being extended and bentinto a 100p to receive the shaderoller trunnion, said rod being held byits helical-spring hangers in elastic contact with the rolled-up shadeacross its Width to clamp and hold the end of the same against unrollingsubstantially as and for the purpose (16- IO scribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES HENRY BACON.

Witnesses:

GEORGE E. GUILD, WILLIAM N. WEBSTER.

